- 著者
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Tadafumi Sugimoto
Atsushi Mizuno
Takuya Kishi
Naoya Ito
Chisa Matsumoto
Memori Fukuda
Nobuyuki Kagiyama
Tatsuhiro Shibata
Takashi Ohmori
Shogo Oishi
Jun Fuse
Keisuke Kida
Fujimi Kawai
Mari Ishida
Shoji Sanada
Issei Komuro
Koichi Node
- 出版者
- The Japanese Circulation Society
- 雑誌
- Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.84, no.6, pp.1039-1043, 2020-05-25 (Released:2020-05-25)
- 参考文献数
- 37
- 被引用文献数
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20
Background:Despite the rapidly increasing attention being given to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, more commonly known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the relationship between cardiovascular disease and COVID-19 has not been fully described.Methods and Results:A systematic review was undertaken to summarize the important aspects of COVID-19 for cardiologists. Protection both for patients and healthcare providers, indication for treatments, collaboration with other departments and hospitals, and regular update of information are essentials to front COVID-19 patients.Conclusions:Because the chief manifestations of COVID-19 infection are respiratory and acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiologists do not see infected patients directly. Cardiologists need to be better prepared regarding standard disinfection procedures, and be aware of the indications for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and its use in the critical care setting.